Scoping Paper: The Role of Technology for Climate Change, Sovereign Debt, and Finance

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In the global effort to address climate change, technology represents a source of innovation that can provide effective solutions to urgent challenges. Climate technology encompasses several key functions that each play a crucial role for mitigating emissions, enhancing resilience, and promoting sustainable development across different sectors, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation, infrastructure ,and sustainable agriculture. As part of SLYCAN Trust’s series of thematic modules on climate change, sovereign debt, and the global financial system, this scoping paper provides an introduction into technology under the UNFCCC process, the role of national actors and systems of innovation, and the nexus of climate technology, finance, and debt.This knowledge product was drafted by Thibyan Ibrahim with support from SLYCAN Trust’s research & knowledge management division.

Technical Briefing: Understanding the Global Goal on Adaptation

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Case Study Brief: Climate-Induced Loss and Damage and Cultural Loss in Maldives

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The impacts of climate change, in particular slow-onset events such as sea level rise and ocean acidification, cause mounting economic and non-economic losses and damages to Maldives, even at the current level of warming. Sea level rise connected to climate change has caused land loss due to coastal erosion and inundation in islands across Maldives, making it one of the most severe climate impacts the country continues to face. All inhabited islands in Maldives are reporting coastal erosion. Homes and critical infrastructure are near the coastline due to the small size of the islands, exposing them to erosion and other coastal hazards.

Information Brief: Enhancing Inclusion and Youth Engagement in Work Related to the Global Goal on Adaptation

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The Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) was established in the Paris Agreement under Article 7 as an aspirational goal that is currently in the process of being operationalized. Throughout the Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh work programme, the need to consider gender equality and social inclusion has regularly surfaced in the GGA discussions as an important aspect to be embedded in the GGA framework.

Primer: Landslide Risk, Human Mobility, and Climate-Induced Loss and Damage in Sri Lanka

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The rising frequency and intensity of disasters and other impacts related to climate change, including landslides, pose a significant challenge to countries and communities around the world. Sri Lanka, a tropical South Asian island nation, is particularly vulnerable to landslides due to its geographical and topographical characteristics.

Research Report: Strengthening Sri Lanka's Ecosystem for Climate and Disaster Risk Management and Finance

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Climate change increasingly shapes a complex landscape of compound, cascading, and covariate risks that affects all economic and societal sectors, including food systems, rural livelihoods, settlements, infrastructure, tourism, and trade. Particularly for climate-vulnerable developing countries such as Sri Lanka, it is vital to identify and manage these risks through accessible, proactive, anticipatory, and evidence-based approaches that can protect development gains as well as human lives, livelihoods, wellbeing, and prosperity.

Background Note - Interfacing the Global Goal on Adaptation with Other Processes and Finding Convergence

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The Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) is an aspirational goal established under the Paris Agreement amidst concerns about the accelerating pace of climate change and the inappropriate scale and speed of current adaptation efforts. The GGA aims to enhance adaptive capacity, enhance resilience, and reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate change with the view to contributing to sustainable development and ensuring a suitable response to adaptation, while also aligning with the mitigation goal of limiting the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 or 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (Paris Agreement Article 7.1).

Case Study Brief: Climate-Induced Loss and Damage and Internal Human Mobility in Ghana

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Climate change is having a significant impact on the world, with effects felt across all continents and regions. However, the effects of climate change are frequently felt most acutely in areas already vulnerable to environmental, economic, and social stresses. This is especially true in Africa, where climate change is exacerbating existing problems as well as social or economic instability, migration, and displacement.

Primer: Vulnerable Livelihoods and Climate-Related Human Mobility in Niger

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The Republic of Niger is a landlocked Sahelian country with three quarters of its land area within the desert zone. The country's population is young (50% is under 25 years of age), largely rural (83.6%), and engaged in crop agriculture or animal husbandry for their livelihoods. Climate change in Niger is characterized by extreme weather events, increasing mean temperatures, increasing temperature extremes (very hot days and nights), and uncertainty regarding future rainfall patterns and variability.

Primer: Climate-Induced Loss and Damage and Human Mobility in Uganda

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Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa and highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its location and the importance of the climate-sensitive agriculture sector, which employs approximately 70% of Uganda's working population. Different parts of Uganda have experienced periodic occurrence of floods, prolonged droughts, erratic rainfall patterns, landslides, epidemics, conflict, and other natural, social, political, or economic shocks. Communities located in mountainous terrain, impenetrable rainforest, islands, and floodplains are highly vulnerable to severe and persistent poverty due to their physical separation from economic and social opportunities, which traps them in poor living conditions. In Uganda, human mobility is present in two forms: external and internal. External forms of human mobility occur when people from outside the country cross the borders to enter Uganda and choose to settle permanently or temporarily in places of their choice within the country. This publication has been developed as part of SLYCAN Trust's work programme on loss and damage in partnership with the Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda.

Primer: Climate-Induced Loss and Damage and Internal Human Mobility in Ghana

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Climate change is causing serious losses and damages to lives and livelihoods across Ghana, which is classified as one of the most climate-vulnerable countries due to its heavy reliance on climate-sensitive sectors. Climate-induced loss and damage (L&D) is a growing concern, and people in affected areas are increasingly forced to migrate in search of safety or economic opportunities

Primer: Climate-Induced Loss and Damage and Cultural Loss in Maldives

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Maldives’s exclusive economic zone consists of only 1% land across 1,192 small islands and 99% sea, comprising the world's seventh largest reef system. The seas teeming with marine flora and fauna, white sandy beaches, and year-round warm weather make the country a leading tourist destination.

Background Note on Operationalizing the Global Goal on Adaptation

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This background note was jointly produced by Legal Response Initiative (LRI) and SLYCAN Trust to provide an overview of the Global Goal on Adaptation, the GGA work programme, and questions of adaptation finance, climate risk, and principles-based approaches.

Animals and Disaster Management in Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka is vulnerable to the impacts of climate-related disasters, including floods, droughts, or storms. Such extreme weather events threaten not only human lives, livelihoods, and infrastructure, but also the lives and wellbeing of animals. This policy brief offers a starting point by outlining the relevant provisions in the current national disaster management framework and listing key needs related to animals that should be addressed before, during, and after disasters.

Integrating Human Mobility into Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans

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Climate change increasingly influences and shapes the patterns of human mobility across the world. From internal or international migration to disaster displacement and planned relocation, the impacts of climate change create new push and pull factors, exacerbate underlying vulnerabilities, and alter the interaction of aspirations, perceived opportunities, and decision-making related to human mobility. With regard to the integration of human mobility considerations into climate policies and processes, it is therefore critical to understand the context and multi-causal, multi-directional nature of these linkages between different forms of mobility and different impacts of climate change. This scoping paper aims to identify key aspects, elements, and considerations for enhancing the integration of safe and orderly human mobility into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and other climate-related policies, processes, and documents.

The Role of CSOs for Scaling Up National and Regional Actions to Address Climate-Induced Loss & Damage

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Climate change affects livelihoods, lives, societies, and natural ecosystems in ways that exceed the limits of adaptation and overwhelm the coping capacities of vulnerable communities, groups, and countries. Treating loss & damage (L&D) as the third pillar of the Paris Agreement besides mitigation and adaptation is a key challenge for COP27 and beyond. It is important that all stakeholders push for enhanced recognition of L&D in negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and commitments for tangible support including in the form of new and additional funding for L&D, technical assistance, knowledge-sharing, and technology transfer.

Key CSO-Led Actions and Recommendations for Addressing Adaptation Needs and Building Resilience

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As climate change affects societies, economies, and the environment, adaptation is becoming increasingly vital, particularly countries, groups, or communities highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. In addition to ambitious mitigation action, concrete support for adaptation is needed at scale and on all levels to address adverse climate impacts. Scaling up adaptation support and establishing a Global Goal on Adaptation as outlined in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement should therefore be a priority in negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and strengthened at all levels in- and outside the UNFCCC system

Key Asks and Civil Society Goals for COP26: Loss & Damage

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This position paper outlines key asks and civil society goals on loss & damage in the UNFCCC process, which have been gathered from representatives of developing countries and civil society through stakeholder consultations as well as desk research.

Key Asks and Civil Society Goals for COP26: Adaptation

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This position paper outlines key asks and civil society goals on climate change adaptation and adaptation finance in the UNFCCC process, which have been gathered from representatives of developing countries and civil society through stakeholder consultations as well as desk research.

Country Profile: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Chad

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A country profile to support an inclusive, participatory, evidence-based, and gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan process in Chad. It analyzes the country context, climate change impacts, policies and processes, the institutional setup, development plans and priorities, coordination mechanisms, M&E, climate finance, and other key aspects related to adaptation planning and action. In addition, the profile identifies six clusters of entry points for mainstreaming adaptation into other national and international processes, presenting an opportunity to support an inclusive and participatory NAP process that aligns with economic priorities and risks for adaptation actions, avoids duplication of efforts, and streamlines climate finance to integrate climate and development planning into a multi-stakeholder driven process.

Summary Brief: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Mozambique

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A summarized four-page version of key research findings from the country profile on Mozambique's national adaptation planning and NAP process. It analyzes the country context, climate change impacts, policies and processes, the institutional setup, development plans and priorities, coordination mechanisms, M&E, climate finance, and other key aspects related to adaptation planning and action. In addition, the profile identifies eight clusters of entry points for mainstreaming adaptation into other national and international processes, presenting an opportunity to support an inclusive and participatory NAP process that aligns with economic priorities and risks for adaptation actions, avoids duplication of efforts, and streamlines climate finance to integrate climate and development planning into a multi-stakeholder driven process.

Country Profile: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Mozambique

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A country profile to support an inclusive, participatory, evidence-based, and gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan process in Mozambique. It analyzes the country context, climate change impacts, policies and processes, the institutional setup, development plans and priorities, coordination mechanisms, M&E, climate finance, and other key aspects related to adaptation planning and action. In addition, the profile identifies seven clusters of entry points for mainstreaming adaptation into other national and international processes, presenting an opportunity to support an inclusive and participatory NAP process that aligns with economic priorities and risks for adaptation actions, avoids duplication of efforts, and streamlines climate finance to integrate climate and development planning into a multi-stakeholder driven process.

Summary Brief: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Malawi

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A summarized four-page version of key research findings from the country profile on Malawi's national adaptation planning and NAP process. It analyzes the country context, climate change impacts, policies and processes, the institutional setup, development plans and priorities, coordination mechanisms, M&E, climate finance, and other key aspects related to adaptation planning and action. In addition, the profile identifies eight clusters of entry points for mainstreaming adaptation into other national and international processes, presenting an opportunity to support an inclusive and participatory NAP process that aligns with economic priorities and risks for adaptation actions, avoids duplication of efforts, and streamlines climate finance to integrate climate and development planning into a multi-stakeholder driven process.

Country Profile: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Malawi

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A country profile to support an inclusive, participatory, evidence-based, and gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan process in Malawi. It analyzes the country context, climate change impacts, policies and processes, the institutional setup, development plans and priorities, coordination mechanisms, M&E, climate finance, and other key aspects related to adaptation planning and action. In addition, the profile identifies eight clusters of entry points for mainstreaming adaptation into other national and international processes, presenting an opportunity to support an inclusive and participatory NAP process that aligns with economic priorities and risks for adaptation actions, avoids duplication of efforts, and streamlines climate finance to integrate climate and development planning into a multi-stakeholder driven process.

Special Newsletter Issue: Focus on Food Systems

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Food systems are one of the most fundamental elements of human communities, societies, and economies, forming complex webs of food producers, supply and value chains, markets, and consumers. They are deeply interlinked with the defining global challenges of today: climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youth Engagement in Sri Lanka's Food Systems

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Food systems form complex webs of food production, supply, and value chain activities that play an integral part for food security and livelihoods of people across the globe. Youth are a key stakeholder group who rely upon the sustainability and stability of food systems for their health, wellbeing, nutrition, development, and livelihoods while also having the potential to engage and facilitate food system transformation. Youth have the power to change consumption and production patterns in a positive or negative direction. Therefore, youth engagement to find a way forward to build resilient food systems is paramount to ensure the health and well-being of the planet and of generations to come.

Linking Agroforestry Systems to Climate Action and Sustainable Development

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Agroforestry systems present an integrated solution to climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and the need for poverty reduction, universal food security, and sustainable development.

SLYCAN Trust Research Newsletter 1/2021

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Climate resilience encompasses a multitude of dimensions, perspectives, and insights. Resilient people and livelihoods, resilient economies, and resilient natural systems are vital pieces of a larger puzzle that must be solved if humanity is to move toward a brighter future

Mangrove Ecosystem Mangala-Eliya

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Findings of a biodiversity survey of the Mangala-Eliya mangrove ecosystem along Sri Lanka's western coastline that was conducted by SLYCAN Trust in May 2021, scoping the rich variety of faunal and floral species, current environmental issues, ecosystem services, and the potential for conservation and restoration.

Mangrove Ecosystem Dikkowita

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Findings of a biodiversity survey of the Dikkowita mangrove ecosystem along Sri Lanka's western coastline that was conducted by SLYCAN Trust in July 2020, scoping the rich variety of faunal and floral species, current environmental issues, ecosystem services, and the potential for conservation and restoration.

Policy gaps and needs analysis for the implementation of NDCs on adaptation and loss and damage in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

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The Paris Agreement requires Parties to prepare, communicate, and maintain successive Nationally Determined Contributions. Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka have submitted their NDCs with different sectors covering mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage. However, these three countries face different gaps and needs for the implementation of these commitments, such as those related to laws and policies, institutional and technical capacity, or means of implementation. This research identifies gaps and needs for the implementation of adaptation and loss and damage components of NDCs in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka as the result of legal and policy analysis, expert interviews, small group consultations, and national and regional multi-stakeholder workshops.

Working Paper: Climate Change and Human Mobility - Impacts and Actions Across Sectors

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Climate change affects human mobility, livelihoods, and well-being across different sectors, including water resources and irrigation, human health, ecosystems and biodiversity, risk management, food systems, sustainable development, education, human settlements, gender, vulnerable communities, and social protection. Moreover, these sectors are intricately linked to local, national, regional, and global processes, including the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement and the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Summary Brief: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Uganda

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A summarized four-page version of the key research findings from the country profile on Uganda's National Adaptation Plan process. Includes the country context, focus sectors, development priorities, key adaptation needs and policies, and six identified entry points. This research product was developed by Southern Voices on Adaptation in partnership with EMLI as national implementing partner and SLYCAN Trust as technical partner.

Country Profile: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Uganda

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A country profile to support an inclusive, participatory, evidence-based, and gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan process in Uganda. It analyzes the country context, climate change impacts, policies and processes, the institutional setup, development plans and priorities, coordination mechanisms, M&E, climate finance, and other key aspects related to adaptation planning and action. In addition, the profile identifies six entry points to connect Uganda's NAP process to other national and international processes, presenting an opportunity to support an inclusive and participatory NAP process that aligns with economic priorities and risks for adaptation actions, avoids duplication of efforts, and streamlines climate finance to integrate climate and development planning into a multi-stakeholder driven process. This research product was developed by Southern Voices on Adaptation in partnership with EMLI as national implementing partner and SLYCAN Trust as technical partner.

Summary Brief: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Tanzania

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A summarized four-page version of the key research findings from the country profile on Tanzania's National Adaptation Plan process. Includes the country context, focus sectors, development priorities, key adaptation needs and policies, and nine identified entry points. This research product was developed by Southern Voices on Adaptation in partnership with FORUMCC as national implementing partner and SLYCAN Trust as technical partner.

Country Profile: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Tanzania

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A country profile to support an inclusive, participatory, evidence-based, and gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan process in Tanzania. It analyzes the country context, climate change impacts, policies and processes, the institutional setup, development plans and priorities, coordination mechanisms, M&E, climate finance, and other key aspects related to adaptation planning and action. In addition, the profile identifies nine entry points to connect Tanzania's NAP process to other national and international processes, presenting an opportunity to support an inclusive and participatory NAP process that aligns with economic priorities and risks for adaptation actions, avoids duplication of efforts, and streamlines climate finance to integrate climate and development planning into a multi-stakeholder driven process. This research product was developed by Southern Voices on Adaptation in partnership with FORUMCC as national implementing partner and SLYCAN Trust as technical partner.

Summary Brief: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Niger

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A summarized four-page version of the key research findings from the country profile on Niger's National Adaptation Plan process. Includes the country context, focus sectors, development priorities, key adaptation needs and policies, and four identified entry points. This research product was developed by Southern Voices on Adaptation in partnership with National Platform for CSO on CC and Sustainable Development as national implementing partner and SLYCAN Trust as technical partner.

Country Profile: Entry Points for the Formulation of a National Adaptation Plan in Niger

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A country profile to support an inclusive, participatory, evidence-based, and gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan process in Niger. It analyzes the country context, climate change impacts, policies and processes, the institutional setup, development plans and priorities, coordination mechanisms, M&E, climate finance, and other key aspects related to adaptation planning and action. In addition, the profile identifies four entry points to connect Niger's NAP process to other national and international processes, presenting an opportunity to support an inclusive and participatory NAP process that aligns with economic priorities and risks for adaptation actions, avoids duplication of efforts, and streamlines climate finance to integrate climate and development planning into a multi-stakeholder driven process. This research product was developed by Southern Voices on Adaptation in partnership with National Platform for CSO on CC and Sustainable Development as national implementing partner and SLYCAN Trust as technical partner.

Interview with Dr. Punyawardena - Food Security, Climate & Disaster Risk Management - World Food Day 2020

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Interview with Prof. Marambe - Agriculture, impacts of climate change and food security - World Food Day 2020

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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and International Processes

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Biodiversity Conservation and Innovative Finance Solutions to Address Climate Change

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Understanding the NDC Review Process

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Community-Driven Mangrove Restoration in Kalpitiya

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Sri Lanka's tourism sector has been growing rapidly since 2009. Ecotourism is a subset of sustainable tourism (which is on the rise world-wide) that focuses on tourism to natural areas while conserving the environment and sustaining the well-being of local people.

Mangrove Ecosystems in Sri Lanka : Climate Change Impacts and Community Based Conservation

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Sri Lanka is home to more than twenty species of true mangroves, around one third of all mangrove species in the world. They thrive along lagoons and estuaries and currently cover around 19,500 hectares of the island. The country has pledged to restore an additional 10,000 hectares by 2030 with three strategies: protecting existing mangroves, converting abandoned shrimp farms and salterns, and restoring degraded mangroves.

Community-Based Mangrove Conversation and Restoration using Local and Technical Knowledge

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Community-Based Mangrove Conversation and Restoration using Local and Technical KnowledgeDownload Research Paper

Colombo's Urban Wetlands: On Becoming and Staying a Ramsar Wetland City

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The city of Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka and its economic, political, and cultural focal point. Since October 2018, it is also South Asia's only Wetland City under the Ramsar Convention. With concerted efforts from government, communities, and all affected stakeholders, this opens the way for Colombo to become a model for urban wetland conservation and benefit from the many ecosystem services they offer.